New Lantau Bus (1973) Ltd. 2006 MAN 18.310 (ex- KCM) - MN46 (MK465)

New Lantau Bus (1973) Co. Ltd. was purchased some 2nd hand coaches from their parent company Kwoon Chung Groups for their fleet replacement since 2001, NLB currently has around 50 MAN 18.310 from the companies in Kwoon Chung Groups since 2007-2010, these buses with Asia Spacestar or Aero bodywork~~

These buses equipped MAN D2866LOH28 engine and ZF5HP602C, 6HP602C or Voith Diwa 864.3E transmission, most of them were assigned to the services in South Lantau areas~~

Let's go to the joyride of the MAN 18.310 with Voith transmission, this clip was taken on bus MN44 (MK465) during on route 38 from Yat Tung Estate to Tung Chung MTR Station

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 6HP602C D864.3E

[bearchoirfan]

Around 1:23 there's the "neutral on stop" feature automatically disengaging the gear from 'D' to 'N'. This is suggested by ZF as a modern feature.

[emac4ever]

Wow, amazing video! What did you use to record this?

[bearchoirfan]

There's the chracteristic Voith brake sound. Very clear. Sino Enterprises (中信) has their MAN long distance coaches Voithed with the 864.3E-DV500, too.